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- the present invention relates generally to a communication system and, in particular, to an apparatus and method for amplifying signal power in a communication system.
- a communication system has a power amplifier, included in a transmitter, for amplifying transmission signals during signal transmission, and the transmitter power-amplifies transmission signals by means of the power amplifier and transmits the power-amplified signals.
- Power amplification schemes used for the power amplifier are classified into a Doherty scheme, an Envelope Elimination and Restoration (EER) scheme, a Delta-Sigma Modulation (DSM) scheme, and a LInear amplification using Nonlinear Component (LINC) scheme.
- EER Envelope Elimination and Restoration
- DSM Delta-Sigma Modulation
- LINC LInear amplification using Nonlinear Component
- the Doherty scheme and the EER scheme are superior in terms of efficiency, and the DSM scheme and the LINC scheme are superior in terms of linearity.
- the EER scheme uses signals of polar components without using rectangular (IQ) signals (i.e, signals having a 90°-phase difference between an In-phase (I) component and a Quadrature (Q) component), which are represented by I and Q components.
- IQ rectangular
- the EER scheme uses, as an input to a power amplifier, phase components of signals having a constant envelope after undergoing envelope elimination.
- the EER scheme modulates direct current (DC) bias of a switch mode or a saturation power amplifier for envelope restoration.
- DC direct current
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a conventional communication system.
- the transmitter includes a baseband signal generator 111 , a rectangular-to-polar converter 113 , a bias modulator 115 , a phase modulator 117 , and a power amplifier 119 .
- the baseband signal generator 111 generates rectangular (IQ) signals of a baseband using voice signals or data.
- the rectangular-to-polar converter 113 converts the rectangular signals into polar signals which are divided into amplitude components and phase components.
- the bias modulator 115 which supplies power (i.e., voltage or current) to a power amplifier, supplies voltage or current components corresponding to signals of the amplitude components to the power amplifier 119 .
- the phase modulator 117 performs phase modulation to generate radio frequency (RF) signals of a desired frequency band using the signals of the phase components.
- RF radio frequency
- the power amplifier 119 receives the signals phase-modulated by the phase modulator 117 , amplifies the power of transmission signals, and combines amplitude components depending on a change in a bias voltage by the amplitude components generated by the bias modulator 115 to thereby restore the original signals. Since an input to the power amplifier 119 has a constant envelope and there is no distortion for an input signal even though a switch mode or a saturation power amplifier is used, the power amplifier 119 has a high-efficiency characteristic. With reference to FIGS. 2A to 2C , a description will now be made of internal signals of a transmitter using the EER scheme.
- FIGS. 2A to 2C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a general communication system.
- baseband signals used in the present invention use sine waves of a low-frequency band.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents the amplitude of signals.
- shown is a sine wave signal having an amplitude ‘ 1 ’ and a period ‘ 1 ’.
- an output signal (a) of a baseband signal generator in a transmitter shown are an output signal (b) corresponding to an amplitude component obtained by converting a polar of the signal ‘a’ by a rectangular-to-polar converter in the transmitter.
- the signal ‘a’ is a low-frequency sine wave signal
- the signal ‘b’ is an envelope signal, which is an amplitude signal of the signal output from the rectangular-to-polar converter.
- the vertical axis of the graph showing the signal ‘c’ represents a phase.
- the signal ‘d’ is a phase signal which is modulated with a carrier signal having a frequency which is approximately 10 times higher than a baseband signal of low-frequency sine waves.
- an abnormal output signal (e) of a power amplifier in the transmitter shown are an abnormal output signal (e) of a power amplifier in the transmitter, and a normal output signal (f) of the power amplifier.
- the signal ‘e’ is a signal distorted due to the band limit, and the signal ‘f’ is a signal that should be normally output from the power amplifier.
- the bias modulator should have an operating bandwidth which is, for example, 2 to 5 times that of the baseband signal, and the power amplifier should have an operating bandwidth which is, for example, 5 to 20 times that of the baseband signal.
- the transmitter using the EER scheme increases the operating bandwidth of each hardware module in the transmitter.
- the transmitter using the EER scheme increases in non-linearity caused by the transmission signal's power amplification due to the limitation on implementing a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and the limitation on implementing the bias modulator because of the limit and loss of switching frequency of the switching elements.
- DAC digital-to-analog converter
- an aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for amplifying the signal power in a communication system.
- Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a signal power amplification apparatus and method in which operating bandwidths of hardware modules in a transmitter are reduced in a communication system.
- Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a signal power amplification apparatus and method for preventing an increase in non-linearity in a communication system.
- a method for amplifying signal power by a transmitter including a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier in a communication system includes generating a baseband signal and a single-tone signal; generating a positive bias signal by swinging a positive voltage component of the baseband signal; and generating a negative bias signal by swinging a negative voltage component of the baseband signal, power-amplifying, at the first power amplifier, the single-tone signal using the positive bias signal, and power-amplifying, at the second power amplifier, the single-tone signal using the negative bias signal.
- an apparatus for amplifying signal power in a communication system includes a single-tone signal generator for generating a single-tone signal; a baseband signal generator for generating a baseband signal; a bias modulator for switching a positive bias signal to a first power amplifier using the baseband signal, and switching a negative bias signal to the second power amplifier using the baseband signal; the first power amplifier for power-amplifying the single-tone signal using the positive bias signal; and the second power amplifier for power-amplifying the single-tone signal using the negative bias signal.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a conventional communication system
- FIGS. 2A to 2C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a general communication system
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 through 5C discussed below, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present disclosure may be implemented in any suitably arranged wireless communication system.
- the present invention provides an apparatus and method for amplifying signal power in a communication system.
- the present invention provides a signal power amplification apparatus and method in which operating bandwidths of hardware modules in a transmitter are reduced and non-linearity is reduced in a communication system.
- the signal power amplification method of the present invention can be applied to a transmitter of a conventional communication system, for example, to a base station (BS) or mobile station (MS).
- BS base station
- MS mobile station
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a transmitter includes a baseband signal generator 311 , a single-tone generator 313 , a digital-to-analog converter 315 , a bias modulator 317 , a carrier modulator 327 , and a power amplifier 329 .
- the baseband signal generator 311 generates a baseband signal including an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component having a 90°-phase difference.
- the baseband signal generated by the baseband signal generator 311 is a digital signal.
- the single-tone generator 313 generates a single-tone signal for carrier modulation (for example, a constant signal having a fixed amplitude or an intermediate frequency (IF) signal).
- the IF signal generated by the single-tone generator 313 can be, for example, an IF sine wave signal.
- the single-tone signal generated by the single-tone generator 313 is a digital signal.
- the digital-to-analog converter 315 converts the baseband signal generated by the baseband signal generator 311 and the single-tone signal generated by the single-tone generator 313 , respectively, into analog signals.
- the carrier modulator 327 modulates the analog-converted single-tone signal with a high-frequency carrier signal. For example, when the single-tone signal is an IF sine wave signal, the carrier modulator 327 modulates the single-tone signal with a high-frequency sine wave signal.
- the single-tone signal which is modulated with the high-frequency signal by the carrier modulator 327 will be referred to herein as a ‘carrier modulated signal’.
- the bias modulator 317 supplies a bias power to the power amplifier 329 in response to the amplitude of the analog-converted baseband signal.
- bias power refers to a voltage and current for an operation of the power amplifier 329 . Through the voltage and current supplied by the bias modulator 317 , modulation for signal restoration is possible in the power amplifier 329 .
- the baseband signal provided from the digital-to-analog converter 315 to the bias modulator 317 has both positive voltage components and negative voltage components. Therefore, the bias modulator 317 requires an operation of swinging the positive voltage components of the baseband signal, and an operation of swinging the negative voltage components of the baseband signal. By these operations, the bias modulator 317 generates a positive bias signal and a negative bias signal, and provides the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal as a bias power for the power amplifier 329 .
- the bias modulator 317 includes a pulse width modulation signal generator 319 , a high-side switch 321 , a low-side switch 323 , and a low-pass filter (LPF) 325 .
- LPF low-pass filter
- the pulse width modulation signal generator 319 generates a pulse width modulated signal using the analog-converted baseband signal.
- the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width modulation signal generator 319 is a signal used for controlling the high-side switch 321 and the low-side switch 323 , respectively.
- the amplitude of the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width modulation signal generator 319 is output as a positive voltage value and a negative voltage value.
- the high-side switch 321 operates to output the positive bias signal applied to the switch
- a negative voltage signal is output from the pulse width modulation signal generator 319
- the low-side switch 323 operates to output the negative bias signal applied to the switch, thereby outputting both the positive voltage components and the negative voltage components of the baseband signal.
- the low-pass filter 325 outputs a negative bias power and a positive bias power by low-pass filtering the signals output from the high-side switch 321 and the low-side switch 323 .
- the negative bias power and positive bias power output from the low-pass filter 325 correspond to restoration of the original signal.
- the low-pass filter 325 can be composed of, for example, inductors and capacitors.
- the power amplifier 329 power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal using the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal.
- the power amplifier 329 includes a pre-drive amplifier 331 , a drive amplifier 333 , a first main amplifier 335 , and a second main amplifier 337 .
- the first main amplifier 335 and the second main amplifier 337 are power amplification elements for performing actual power amplification in the power amplifier 329 , and are generally referred to a ‘power amplifier’ . For convenience, however, they are referred to herein as a first main amplifier 335 and a second main amplifier 337 .
- the pre-drive amplifier 331 primarily power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal provided from the carrier modulator 327 , and outputs a carrier modulated signal amplified to a predetermined amplitude.
- the drive amplifier 333 secondarily power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal primarily power-amplified by the pre-drive amplifier 331 , and outputs a carrier modulated signal amplified to a predetermined amplitude.
- the pre-drive amplifier 331 and the drive amplifier 333 output signals which are power-amplified to a predetermined amplitude so that the power amplifiers can amplify signals with sufficient power. Both the pre-drive amplifier 331 and the drive amplifier 333 can be used, or only one of the pre-drive amplifier 331 and the drive amplifier 333 can be used.
- the pre-drive amplifier 331 and the drive amplifier 333 correct the power gain of the first main amplifier 335 and the second main amplifier 337 .
- the power amplifier 329 uses two main amplifiers. That is, the power amplifier 329 proposed by the present invention includes at least one main amplifier to which a positive bias signal is applied and at least one main amplifier to which a negative bias signal is applied.
- the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 To an input terminal of the first main amplifier 335 is input the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 , and to a bias terminal is input the positive bias signal from the bias modulator 317 .
- the first main amplifier 335 amplifies and modulates the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 using the positive bias signal provided by the bias modulator 317 .
- the modulation by the first main amplifier 335 corresponds to frequency modulation in a positive bias region. That is, the first main amplifier 335 outputs a modulated signal (hereinafter referred to as a ‘positive-region modulated signal’) obtained by changing a frequency of the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 according to the amplitude of the positive bias signal provided by the bias modulator 317 .
- the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 To an input terminal of the second main amplifier 337 is input the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 , and to a bias terminal is input the negative bias signal from the bias modulator 317 .
- the second main amplifier 337 amplifies and modulates the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 using the negative bias signal provided by the bias modulator 317 .
- the modulation by the second main amplifier 337 corresponds to frequency modulation in a negative bias region. That is, the second main amplifier 337 outputs a modulated signal (hereinafter referred to as a ‘negative-region modulated signal’) obtained by changing a frequency of the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by the drive amplifier 333 according to amplitude of the negative bias signal provided from the bias modulator 317 .
- the first main amplifier 335 and the second main amplifier 337 perform amplification and/or modulation on the carrier modulated signals in the positive bias region and the negative bias region, respectively. Meanwhile, the combined modulated signal of the positive-region modulated signal output from the first main amplifier 335 and the negative-region modulated signal output from the second main amplifier 337 is output as the final signal of the power amplifier 329 .
- the power amplifier 329 in the present invention receives a constant envelope signal as in the general EER scheme.
- the power amplifier 329 in the present invention can have a high-efficiency characteristic through a bias input that operates in a switch mode.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a second embodiment of the present invention.
- the transmitter includes a baseband signal generator 411 , a single-tone generator 413 , a digital-to-analog converter 415 , a bias modulator 417 , a carrier modulator 429 , and a power amplifier 431 .
- the bias modulator 417 includes a pulse width modulation signal generator 419 , a serial-to-parallel converter 421 , at least two high-side switches 423 , at least two low-side switches 425 , and a low-pass filter 427 .
- the power amplifier 431 includes a pre-drive amplifier 433 , a drive amplifier 435 , a first main amplifier 437 , and a second main amplifier 439 .
- This transmitter is different from the transmitter shown in FIG. 3 in terms of the structure of the bias modulator 417 .
- the bias modulator 417 supplies a bias power to the power amplifier 431 in response to the amplitude of the analog-converted baseband signal.
- bias power refers to a voltage and current for an operation of the power amplifier 431 . Through the voltage and current supplied by the bias modulator 417 , modulation for signal restoration is possible in the power amplifier 431 .
- the baseband signal provided by the digital-to-analog converter 415 to the bias modulator 417 has both positive voltage components and negative voltage components. Therefore, the bias modulator 417 requires an operation of swinging the positive voltage components of the baseband signal, and an operation of swinging the negative voltage components of the baseband signal. By these operations, the bias modulator 417 generates a positive bias signal and a negative bias signal, and provides the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal as a bias power for the power amplifier 431 .
- the bias modulator 417 includes the pulse width modulation signal generator 419 , the serial-to-parallel converter 421 , the high-side switches 423 , the low-side switches 425 , and the low-pass filter 427 .
- the pulse width modulation signal generator 419 generates a pulse width modulated signal using the analog-converted baseband signal.
- the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width modulation signal generator 419 is a signal used for controlling the high-side switches 423 and the low-side switches 425 .
- the serial-to-parallel converter 421 converts the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width modulation signal generator 419 into a parallel signal.
- An operation of the serial-to-parallel converter 421 is as follows.
- the serial-to-parallel converter 421 time-divides the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width modulation signal generator 419 , and sequentially provides them to the high-side switches 423 and the low-side switches 425 . This makes it possible to use switches having a low-capacity, high-speed switching characteristic by operating the switches for a shorter time as compared with the original pulse width modulated signal.
- the amplitude of the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width modulation signal generator 419 is output as a positive voltage value and a negative voltage value.
- the high-side switches 423 operate to output a positive bias signal applied to the switches
- a negative voltage signal is output from the pulse width modulation signal generator 419
- the low-side switches 425 operate to output a negative bias signal applied to the switches, thereby outputting both the positive voltage components and the negative voltage components of the baseband signal.
- the low-pass filter 427 outputs a negative bias power and a positive bias power by low-pass filtering the positive pulse width modulated signal output from the high-side switches 423 and the negative pulse width modulated signal output from the low-side switches 425 .
- the negative bias power and the positive bias power output from the low-pass filter 427 correspond to restoration of the original signal.
- the low-pass filter 427 can be composed of, for example, inductors and capacitors.
- Output signals of the multiple high-side switches 423 are input to the low-pass filter 427 after being combined, and output signals of the multiple low-side switches 425 are input to the low-pass filter 427 after being combined.
- the power amplifier 431 power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal using the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal.
- the bias modulator 417 uses the serial-to-parallel converter 421 , and the high-side switches 423 and low-side switches 425 are constructed in parallel according to the outputs of the serial-to-parallel converter 421 so that they have a sufficient switching speed.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the horizontal axis represents time
- the vertical axis represents the amplitude of signals.
- baseband signals used in the present invention use sine waves of a low-frequency band.
- an output signal (a) of a baseband signal generator in the transmitter shown are an output signal (a) of a baseband signal generator in the transmitter, and an output signal (b) obtained by modulating an analog-converted single-tone signal with a high-frequency signal by a carrier modulator in the transmitter.
- the signal ‘a’ is a sine wave signal, it is modulated with a high-frequency sine wave signal.
- an output signal (c) power-amplified by a power amplifier in the transmitter shown are an output signal (c) power-amplified by a power amplifier in the transmitter, and an output signal (d) power-amplified by a first main amplifier in the transmitter.
- FIG. 5C there is shown a signal (e) power-amplified by a second main amplifier in the transmitter.
- the input signal includes not only the positive voltage components but also the negative voltage components.
- both the positive voltage signal and the negative voltage signal are applied to the power amplifier.
- the power amplifier of the present invention receives only the single-tone signal, and includes the first power amplifier to which the positive bias signal is applied and the second power amplifier to which the negative bias signal is applied, to power-amplify transmission signals.
- the bias modulator of the present invention does not need an operating bandwidth which is 2 to 5 times the operating bandwidth for processing envelope signals. Therefore, the operating bandwidth is not increased during implementation of the bias modulator.
- the power amplifier of the present invention since the power amplifier of the present invention receives the single-tone signal in which no phase component is included, the power amplifier does not need an operating bandwidth which is 5 to 20 times that of the baseband signal. Thus, the operating bandwidth is not increased during implementation of the power amplifier. As a result, it is possible to construct the transmitter of the present invention in which the bias modulator and the power amplifier have higher efficiency.
- non-linearity is not increased because there is no limitation on implementing the digital-to-analog converter due to the non-increase in the operating bandwidth, and there is no limitation on implementing the bias modulator due to the limit and loss of switching frequency of the switching elements. Further, there is no need to correctly position-match the signal being input to the power amplifier of the present invention to the bias signal being input to the power amplifier. Therefore, the transmitter of the present invention does not need a separate operation for time alignment.
- the transmitter includes power amplifiers to which a positive bias signal and a negative bias signal, for which the baseband signal is used, are applied.
- the single-tone signal is applied to the power amplifiers. Since the present invention generates bias signals using the baseband signal, an operating bandwidth of the bias modulator does not increase. Also, since the power amplifiers receive the single-tone signal, their operating bandwidth does not increase. As a result, the operating bandwidths of the hardware modules in the transmitter do not increase. In addition, the present invention can prevent an increase in non-linearity because the operating bandwidths do not increase during implementation of the bias modulator in which the digital-to-analog converter and the switching elements are included in the transmitter.
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- The present application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of a Korean patent application filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jan. 11, 2008 and assigned Serial No. 10-2008-0003672, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates generally to a communication system and, in particular, to an apparatus and method for amplifying signal power in a communication system.
- A communication system has a power amplifier, included in a transmitter, for amplifying transmission signals during signal transmission, and the transmitter power-amplifies transmission signals by means of the power amplifier and transmits the power-amplified signals.
- Currently, communication systems are increasingly evolving, and due to the evolution of communication systems, the transmitter increasingly requires use of broadband signals. In addition, communication systems require a high Peak-to-Average Ratio (PAR) of transmission signals according to signal transmission. Therefore, a power amplifier included in the transmitter requires higher linearity and higher efficiency.
- Power amplification schemes used for the power amplifier are classified into a Doherty scheme, an Envelope Elimination and Restoration (EER) scheme, a Delta-Sigma Modulation (DSM) scheme, and a LInear amplification using Nonlinear Component (LINC) scheme.
- Of the power amplification schemes, the Doherty scheme and the EER scheme are superior in terms of efficiency, and the DSM scheme and the LINC scheme are superior in terms of linearity. Further, the EER scheme uses signals of polar components without using rectangular (IQ) signals (i.e, signals having a 90°-phase difference between an In-phase (I) component and a Quadrature (Q) component), which are represented by I and Q components. The EER scheme uses, as an input to a power amplifier, phase components of signals having a constant envelope after undergoing envelope elimination. In addition, the EER scheme modulates direct current (DC) bias of a switch mode or a saturation power amplifier for envelope restoration. With reference to
FIG. 1 , a description will now be made of the EER scheme. -
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a conventional communication system. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , the transmitter includes abaseband signal generator 111, a rectangular-to-polar converter 113, abias modulator 115, aphase modulator 117, and apower amplifier 119. - The
baseband signal generator 111 generates rectangular (IQ) signals of a baseband using voice signals or data. - The rectangular-to-
polar converter 113 converts the rectangular signals into polar signals which are divided into amplitude components and phase components. - The
bias modulator 115, which supplies power (i.e., voltage or current) to a power amplifier, supplies voltage or current components corresponding to signals of the amplitude components to thepower amplifier 119. - The
phase modulator 117 performs phase modulation to generate radio frequency (RF) signals of a desired frequency band using the signals of the phase components. - The
power amplifier 119 receives the signals phase-modulated by thephase modulator 117, amplifies the power of transmission signals, and combines amplitude components depending on a change in a bias voltage by the amplitude components generated by thebias modulator 115 to thereby restore the original signals. Since an input to thepower amplifier 119 has a constant envelope and there is no distortion for an input signal even though a switch mode or a saturation power amplifier is used, thepower amplifier 119 has a high-efficiency characteristic. With reference toFIGS. 2A to 2C , a description will now be made of internal signals of a transmitter using the EER scheme. -
FIGS. 2A to 2C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a general communication system. - Before a description of
FIGS. 2A to 2C is given, it is assumed that baseband signals used in the present invention use sine waves of a low-frequency band. In each graph, the horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents the amplitude of signals. For example, referring toFIG. 2A , shown is a sine wave signal having an amplitude ‘1’ and a period ‘1’. - Referring to
FIG. 2A , shown are an output signal (a) of a baseband signal generator in a transmitter, and an output signal (b) corresponding to an amplitude component obtained by converting a polar of the signal ‘a’ by a rectangular-to-polar converter in the transmitter. - The signal ‘a’ is a low-frequency sine wave signal, and the signal ‘b’ is an envelope signal, which is an amplitude signal of the signal output from the rectangular-to-polar converter.
- Referring to
FIG. 2B , shown are an output signal (c) corresponding to a phase component obtained by polar-converting the signal ‘a’ by the rectangular-to-polar converter in the transmitter, and a signal (d) obtained by phase-modulating the signal ‘c’ by a phase modulator in the transmitter. The vertical axis of the graph showing the signal ‘c’ represents a phase. The signal ‘d’ is a phase signal which is modulated with a carrier signal having a frequency which is approximately 10 times higher than a baseband signal of low-frequency sine waves. - Referring to
FIG. 2C , shown are an abnormal output signal (e) of a power amplifier in the transmitter, and a normal output signal (f) of the power amplifier. - The signal ‘e’ is a signal distorted due to the band limit, and the signal ‘f’ is a signal that should be normally output from the power amplifier.
- Since the transmitter using the EER scheme converts the rectangular signal into the polar signal, the amplitude components and the phase components have more high-frequency components than the original signals. Therefore, the bias modulator should have an operating bandwidth which is, for example, 2 to 5 times that of the baseband signal, and the power amplifier should have an operating bandwidth which is, for example, 5 to 20 times that of the baseband signal. Thus, the transmitter using the EER scheme increases the operating bandwidth of each hardware module in the transmitter.
- In addition, as the operating bandwidth increases, the transmitter using the EER scheme increases in non-linearity caused by the transmission signal's power amplification due to the limitation on implementing a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and the limitation on implementing the bias modulator because of the limit and loss of switching frequency of the switching elements.
- To address the above-discussed deficiencies of the prior art, it is a primary aspect of the present invention to address at least the problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for amplifying the signal power in a communication system.
- Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a signal power amplification apparatus and method in which operating bandwidths of hardware modules in a transmitter are reduced in a communication system.
- Further another aspect of the present invention is to provide a signal power amplification apparatus and method for preventing an increase in non-linearity in a communication system.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for amplifying signal power by a transmitter including a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier in a communication system. The method includes generating a baseband signal and a single-tone signal; generating a positive bias signal by swinging a positive voltage component of the baseband signal; and generating a negative bias signal by swinging a negative voltage component of the baseband signal, power-amplifying, at the first power amplifier, the single-tone signal using the positive bias signal, and power-amplifying, at the second power amplifier, the single-tone signal using the negative bias signal.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for amplifying signal power in a communication system. The apparatus includes a single-tone signal generator for generating a single-tone signal; a baseband signal generator for generating a baseband signal; a bias modulator for switching a positive bias signal to a first power amplifier using the baseband signal, and switching a negative bias signal to the second power amplifier using the baseband signal; the first power amplifier for power-amplifying the single-tone signal using the positive bias signal; and the second power amplifier for power-amplifying the single-tone signal using the negative bias signal.
- Before undertaking the DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION below, it may be advantageous to set forth definitions of certain words and phrases used throughout this patent document: the terms “include” and “comprise,” as well as derivatives thereof, mean inclusion without limitation; the term “or,” is inclusive, meaning and/or; the phrases “associated with” and “associated therewith,” as well as derivatives thereof, may mean to include, be included within, interconnect with, contain, be contained within, connect to or with, couple to or with, be communicable with, cooperate with, interleave, juxtapose, be proximate to, be bound to or with, have, have a property of, or the like. Definitions for certain words and phrases are provided throughout this patent document, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that in many, if not most instances, such definitions apply to prior, as well as future uses of such defined words and phrases.
- For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and its advantages, reference is now made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals represent like parts:
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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a conventional communication system; -
FIGS. 2A to 2C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using an EER scheme in a general communication system; -
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a second embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIGS. 5A to 5C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIGS. 3 through 5C , discussed below, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present disclosure may be implemented in any suitably arranged wireless communication system. - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for amplifying signal power in a communication system. In particular, the present invention provides a signal power amplification apparatus and method in which operating bandwidths of hardware modules in a transmitter are reduced and non-linearity is reduced in a communication system.
- The signal power amplification method of the present invention can be applied to a transmitter of a conventional communication system, for example, to a base station (BS) or mobile station (MS).
- With reference to
FIGS. 3 and 4 , a description will now be made of a structure of a transmitter in a communication system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a first embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , a transmitter includes abaseband signal generator 311, a single-tone generator 313, a digital-to-analog converter 315, abias modulator 317, acarrier modulator 327, and apower amplifier 329. - The
baseband signal generator 311 generates a baseband signal including an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature (Q) component having a 90°-phase difference. The baseband signal generated by thebaseband signal generator 311 is a digital signal. - The single-
tone generator 313 generates a single-tone signal for carrier modulation (for example, a constant signal having a fixed amplitude or an intermediate frequency (IF) signal). The IF signal generated by the single-tone generator 313 can be, for example, an IF sine wave signal. The single-tone signal generated by the single-tone generator 313 is a digital signal. - The digital-to-
analog converter 315 converts the baseband signal generated by thebaseband signal generator 311 and the single-tone signal generated by the single-tone generator 313, respectively, into analog signals. - The
carrier modulator 327 modulates the analog-converted single-tone signal with a high-frequency carrier signal. For example, when the single-tone signal is an IF sine wave signal, thecarrier modulator 327 modulates the single-tone signal with a high-frequency sine wave signal. The single-tone signal which is modulated with the high-frequency signal by thecarrier modulator 327 will be referred to herein as a ‘carrier modulated signal’. - The bias modulator 317 supplies a bias power to the
power amplifier 329 in response to the amplitude of the analog-converted baseband signal. The term ‘bias power’ as used herein refers to a voltage and current for an operation of thepower amplifier 329. Through the voltage and current supplied by thebias modulator 317, modulation for signal restoration is possible in thepower amplifier 329. - The baseband signal provided from the digital-to-
analog converter 315 to thebias modulator 317 has both positive voltage components and negative voltage components. Therefore, thebias modulator 317 requires an operation of swinging the positive voltage components of the baseband signal, and an operation of swinging the negative voltage components of the baseband signal. By these operations, thebias modulator 317 generates a positive bias signal and a negative bias signal, and provides the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal as a bias power for thepower amplifier 329. - The
bias modulator 317 includes a pulse widthmodulation signal generator 319, a high-side switch 321, a low-side switch 323, and a low-pass filter (LPF) 325. - The pulse width
modulation signal generator 319 generates a pulse width modulated signal using the analog-converted baseband signal. The pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 319 is a signal used for controlling the high-side switch 321 and the low-side switch 323, respectively. - Operations of the high-
side switch 321 and the low-side switch 323 are as follows. - The amplitude of the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse width
modulation signal generator 319 is output as a positive voltage value and a negative voltage value. When a positive voltage signal is output from the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 319, the high-side switch 321 operates to output the positive bias signal applied to the switch, and when a negative voltage signal is output from the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 319, the low-side switch 323 operates to output the negative bias signal applied to the switch, thereby outputting both the positive voltage components and the negative voltage components of the baseband signal. - The low-
pass filter 325 outputs a negative bias power and a positive bias power by low-pass filtering the signals output from the high-side switch 321 and the low-side switch 323. The negative bias power and positive bias power output from the low-pass filter 325 correspond to restoration of the original signal. The low-pass filter 325 can be composed of, for example, inductors and capacitors. - The
power amplifier 329 power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal using the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal. - The
power amplifier 329 includes apre-drive amplifier 331, adrive amplifier 333, a firstmain amplifier 335, and a secondmain amplifier 337. The firstmain amplifier 335 and the secondmain amplifier 337 are power amplification elements for performing actual power amplification in thepower amplifier 329, and are generally referred to a ‘power amplifier’ . For convenience, however, they are referred to herein as a firstmain amplifier 335 and a secondmain amplifier 337. - The
pre-drive amplifier 331 primarily power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal provided from thecarrier modulator 327, and outputs a carrier modulated signal amplified to a predetermined amplitude. - The
drive amplifier 333 secondarily power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal primarily power-amplified by thepre-drive amplifier 331, and outputs a carrier modulated signal amplified to a predetermined amplitude. - In many cases, since the first
main amplifier 335 and the secondmain amplifier 337 have a structure incapable of having sufficient power gain, thepre-drive amplifier 331 and thedrive amplifier 333 output signals which are power-amplified to a predetermined amplitude so that the power amplifiers can amplify signals with sufficient power. Both thepre-drive amplifier 331 and thedrive amplifier 333 can be used, or only one of thepre-drive amplifier 331 and thedrive amplifier 333 can be used. Thepre-drive amplifier 331 and thedrive amplifier 333 correct the power gain of the firstmain amplifier 335 and the secondmain amplifier 337. - In the present invention, the
power amplifier 329 uses two main amplifiers. That is, thepower amplifier 329 proposed by the present invention includes at least one main amplifier to which a positive bias signal is applied and at least one main amplifier to which a negative bias signal is applied. - To an input terminal of the first
main amplifier 335 is input the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by thedrive amplifier 333, and to a bias terminal is input the positive bias signal from thebias modulator 317. - The first
main amplifier 335 amplifies and modulates the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by thedrive amplifier 333 using the positive bias signal provided by thebias modulator 317. The modulation by the firstmain amplifier 335 corresponds to frequency modulation in a positive bias region. That is, the firstmain amplifier 335 outputs a modulated signal (hereinafter referred to as a ‘positive-region modulated signal’) obtained by changing a frequency of the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by thedrive amplifier 333 according to the amplitude of the positive bias signal provided by thebias modulator 317. - To an input terminal of the second
main amplifier 337 is input the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by thedrive amplifier 333, and to a bias terminal is input the negative bias signal from thebias modulator 317. - The second
main amplifier 337 amplifies and modulates the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by thedrive amplifier 333 using the negative bias signal provided by thebias modulator 317. The modulation by the secondmain amplifier 337 corresponds to frequency modulation in a negative bias region. That is, the secondmain amplifier 337 outputs a modulated signal (hereinafter referred to as a ‘negative-region modulated signal’) obtained by changing a frequency of the carrier modulated signal power-amplified by thedrive amplifier 333 according to amplitude of the negative bias signal provided from thebias modulator 317. - As stated above, the first
main amplifier 335 and the secondmain amplifier 337 perform amplification and/or modulation on the carrier modulated signals in the positive bias region and the negative bias region, respectively. Meanwhile, the combined modulated signal of the positive-region modulated signal output from the firstmain amplifier 335 and the negative-region modulated signal output from the secondmain amplifier 337 is output as the final signal of thepower amplifier 329. - The
power amplifier 329 in the present invention receives a constant envelope signal as in the general EER scheme. However, thepower amplifier 329 in the present invention can have a high-efficiency characteristic through a bias input that operates in a switch mode. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme based on a second embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , the transmitter includes abaseband signal generator 411, a single-tone generator 413, a digital-to-analog converter 415, abias modulator 417, acarrier modulator 429, and apower amplifier 431. - The
bias modulator 417 includes a pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419, a serial-to-parallel converter 421, at least two high-side switches 423, at least two low-side switches 425, and a low-pass filter 427. - The
power amplifier 431 includes apre-drive amplifier 433, adrive amplifier 435, a firstmain amplifier 437, and a secondmain amplifier 439. - This transmitter is different from the transmitter shown in
FIG. 3 in terms of the structure of thebias modulator 417. - For the operations of devices such as the
baseband signal generator 411, the single-tone generator 413, the digital-to-analog converter 415, thecarrier modulator 429, and thepower amplifier 431 ofFIG. 4 , reference will be made to the description of the transmitter structure ofFIG. 3 , and a detailed description thereof will be omitted herein. - The bias modulator 417 supplies a bias power to the
power amplifier 431 in response to the amplitude of the analog-converted baseband signal. The term ‘bias power’ as used herein refers to a voltage and current for an operation of thepower amplifier 431. Through the voltage and current supplied by thebias modulator 417, modulation for signal restoration is possible in thepower amplifier 431. - The baseband signal provided by the digital-to-
analog converter 415 to thebias modulator 417 has both positive voltage components and negative voltage components. Therefore, thebias modulator 417 requires an operation of swinging the positive voltage components of the baseband signal, and an operation of swinging the negative voltage components of the baseband signal. By these operations, thebias modulator 417 generates a positive bias signal and a negative bias signal, and provides the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal as a bias power for thepower amplifier 431. - The
bias modulator 417 includes the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419, the serial-to-parallel converter 421, the high-side switches 423, the low-side switches 425, and the low-pass filter 427. - The pulse width
modulation signal generator 419 generates a pulse width modulated signal using the analog-converted baseband signal. The pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419 is a signal used for controlling the high-side switches 423 and the low-side switches 425. - The serial-to-
parallel converter 421 converts the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419 into a parallel signal. An operation of the serial-to-parallel converter 421 is as follows. The serial-to-parallel converter 421 time-divides the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419, and sequentially provides them to the high-side switches 423 and the low-side switches 425. This makes it possible to use switches having a low-capacity, high-speed switching characteristic by operating the switches for a shorter time as compared with the original pulse width modulated signal. - Operations of the high-
side switches 423 and the low-side switches 425 are as follows. The amplitude of the pulse width modulated signal generated by the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419 is output as a positive voltage value and a negative voltage value. When a positive voltage signal is output from the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419, the high-side switches 423 operate to output a positive bias signal applied to the switches, and when a negative voltage signal is output from the pulse widthmodulation signal generator 419, the low-side switches 425 operate to output a negative bias signal applied to the switches, thereby outputting both the positive voltage components and the negative voltage components of the baseband signal. - The low-
pass filter 427 outputs a negative bias power and a positive bias power by low-pass filtering the positive pulse width modulated signal output from the high-side switches 423 and the negative pulse width modulated signal output from the low-side switches 425. The negative bias power and the positive bias power output from the low-pass filter 427 correspond to restoration of the original signal. The low-pass filter 427 can be composed of, for example, inductors and capacitors. - Output signals of the multiple high-
side switches 423 are input to the low-pass filter 427 after being combined, and output signals of the multiple low-side switches 425 are input to the low-pass filter 427 after being combined. - The
power amplifier 431 power-amplifies the carrier modulated signal using the positive bias signal and the negative bias signal. - When the high-
side switches 423 and low-side switches 425 do not have sufficient switching speed, thebias modulator 417 uses the serial-to-parallel converter 421, and the high-side switches 423 and low-side switches 425 are constructed in parallel according to the outputs of the serial-to-parallel converter 421 so that they have a sufficient switching speed. -
FIGS. 5A to 5C are graphs illustrating internal signals of a transmitter using a power amplification scheme in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. - In each graph, the horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents the amplitude of signals.
- In describing
FIGS. 5A to 5C , it is assumed that baseband signals used in the present invention use sine waves of a low-frequency band. - Referring to
FIG. 5A , shown are an output signal (a) of a baseband signal generator in the transmitter, and an output signal (b) obtained by modulating an analog-converted single-tone signal with a high-frequency signal by a carrier modulator in the transmitter. - Since the signal ‘a’ is a sine wave signal, it is modulated with a high-frequency sine wave signal.
- Referring to
FIG. 5B , shown are an output signal (c) power-amplified by a power amplifier in the transmitter, and an output signal (d) power-amplified by a first main amplifier in the transmitter. - Referring to
FIG. 5C , there is shown a signal (e) power-amplified by a second main amplifier in the transmitter. - In conclusion, use of the transmitter according to the present invention makes it possible to generate the signal ‘c’ of
FIG. 5B , which is equal to a desired signal ‘f’ through power amplification ofFIG. 2 . - As the present invention uses the baseband signal as an input signal to the bias modulator, the input signal includes not only the positive voltage components but also the negative voltage components. Thus, both the positive voltage signal and the negative voltage signal are applied to the power amplifier. In addition, the power amplifier of the present invention receives only the single-tone signal, and includes the first power amplifier to which the positive bias signal is applied and the second power amplifier to which the negative bias signal is applied, to power-amplify transmission signals.
- The bias modulator of the present invention, as it uses the baseband signal, does not need an operating bandwidth which is 2 to 5 times the operating bandwidth for processing envelope signals. Therefore, the operating bandwidth is not increased during implementation of the bias modulator. In addition, since the power amplifier of the present invention receives the single-tone signal in which no phase component is included, the power amplifier does not need an operating bandwidth which is 5 to 20 times that of the baseband signal. Thus, the operating bandwidth is not increased during implementation of the power amplifier. As a result, it is possible to construct the transmitter of the present invention in which the bias modulator and the power amplifier have higher efficiency. In addition, according to the present invention, non-linearity is not increased because there is no limitation on implementing the digital-to-analog converter due to the non-increase in the operating bandwidth, and there is no limitation on implementing the bias modulator due to the limit and loss of switching frequency of the switching elements. Further, there is no need to correctly position-match the signal being input to the power amplifier of the present invention to the bias signal being input to the power amplifier. Therefore, the transmitter of the present invention does not need a separate operation for time alignment.
- As is apparent from the foregoing description, in the communication system of the present invention, the transmitter includes power amplifiers to which a positive bias signal and a negative bias signal, for which the baseband signal is used, are applied. In addition, the single-tone signal is applied to the power amplifiers. Since the present invention generates bias signals using the baseband signal, an operating bandwidth of the bias modulator does not increase. Also, since the power amplifiers receive the single-tone signal, their operating bandwidth does not increase. As a result, the operating bandwidths of the hardware modules in the transmitter do not increase. In addition, the present invention can prevent an increase in non-linearity because the operating bandwidths do not increase during implementation of the bias modulator in which the digital-to-analog converter and the switching elements are included in the transmitter.
- Although the present disclosure has been described with an exemplary embodiment, various changes and modifications may be suggested to one skilled in the art. It is intended that the present disclosure encompass such changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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